Current news of the professorship

How does social media shape our image of what "the others" think and know? Assistant professor Dr Fabian Prochazka shows in his new article in Communicatio Socialis that it is not so much filter bubbles as distorted social preferences on social media…

How much do one's own political convictions influence one's perception of public opinion? In the new study “Projection in journalists' perceptions of public opinion”, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Fabian Prochazka et al. answer this question with data from Belgium,…

How does trust in online news change in the context of digital structural change? In their handbook article, Junior Professor Dr. Fabian Prochazka and Dr. Magdalena Obermaier show what role platforms, transparency and journalistic quality play in…

What constitutes journalistic quality? In a new article in the Handbook of Journalism Research, JProf. Dr. Fabian Prochazka provides a comprehensive overview.

How does writing user comments influence our opinions? A new publication by the 2023 project group shows exciting results. The study was conducted by students under the supervision of JProf. Dr. Fabian Prochazka and has now been published in…

Experts, including Fabian Prochazka from the University of Erfurt, analyze the impact of Meta's decision to restrict fact-checking and content moderation.

In what way does political communication influence the communicators themselves? Fabian Prochazka sheds light on self-effects in the Encyclopedia of Political Communication.

How does online feedback influence local journalists' perceptions of their audience? A new study by Henriette Pohle and Fabian Prochazka sheds light on this question and was presented at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication…